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Also Known As Honjo Tasuku
Born January 27, 1942 (age 83) • Kyōto • Japan
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2018)
Subjects Of Study antibody • autoimmune disease • cancer • melanoma • protein
James P. Allison
American immunologist
William G. Kaelin, Jr.
American physician and medical researcher
Gregg L. Semenza
American physician
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
E. Donnall Thomas
American physician
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Charles B. Huggins at work in a laboratory at the University of Chicago, c. 1965.
Charles B. Huggins
American surgeon and medical researcher
Rodney Robert Porter
British biochemist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Michael W. Young
American geneticist
Thomas C. Südhof
German-American neuroscientist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
David Baltimore.
David Baltimore
American virologist